A stalled, incomplete architectural structure is a true eye sore in my opinion. These unfinished buildings connote poor planning — of failure. In today’s difficult environment, we’re seeing a bit more of this. In a way, this is also how I see company building. We live in an era where most of our jobs are [...]
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Unfinished Business is Just Ugly
Posted in business, management, tagged entrepreneur on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
5 Simple Advice For Entrepreneurs
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged entrepreneur on May 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All around me, there are people who are taking the leap into entrepreneurship. I think it is an exciting time when startups are hot again. As a person who was fortunate enough to be involved in six different startups as a minority founder to sole founder, I get excited every time I hear about a [...]
Entrepreneur’s Job is Putting Together the Right Team
Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, management, startup on December 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As an entrepreneur of a startup company, I imagine myself as a general manager of a professional baseball team. My main job is putting together the RIGHT team. Many think an entrepreneur’s first task is to come up with a killer concept. Yet, it’s been said many times that ”ideas” can be a dime a [...]
Simple Risk-Aversion Test to See if You can Make it as an Entrepreneur
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, risk taking, risk-averse, startup on November 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Often I meet people who tell me about their dreams to start their own business. They don’t want to work for the man all their lives. They ask me what it takes to start your own business. It’s a difficult question to answer because there are so many elements to being an entrepreneur. First, you [...]
Get in the Zone, And Stay There
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged entrepreneur, lifehacks, lift9, positive attitude on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever been in a zone? Athletes talk about it all the time, when everything slows down, their confidence peaks, and they are in complete control. I’ve actually experienced this a few times playing basketball when I just knew that I could get a step on an opponent, shoot, and know that the ball [...]
Maneuvering Through Opportunities & Traffic in Vietnam
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged entrepreneur, Ho Chi Minh City, Paul Song, start-up, Vietnam, Vietnam business on July 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I hold on tightly behind my brother as he deftly maneuvers his scooter through the seemingly chaotic traffic of Ho Chi Minh City. At first, watching hordes of cars and scooters sharing the streets and avoiding each other without apparent defined rules can be both astonishing and terrifying. But from the back seat of Paul’s [...]
Live Your Passion, Integrate Your Life
Posted in entrepreneur, lifehacks, tagged Business culture, entrepreneur, lifehacks on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For me, work and personal life mostly overlap. I don’t work 9 to 5. Sometimes, I’m golfing in the morning and working at night. Other times, I’m at happy hour with colleagues by 4 pm, then head home to answer work emails. I’m not so atypical, as many people enjoy the same flexible work environment. [...]
Valuing A Start-Up Company
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged Angel investors, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, start-up, valuations on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How does one value a start-up company? Some do it from comps (comparable companies) and then discount for the many risks as a start-up. Some look at projected financials or maybe market share. Some calculate the amount of unpaid labor that may be required by founders and try to value the company that way. Some [...]
Picking the Right Team for Your Startup
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hiring, start-up, work team on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When starting a new venture, everything begins with picking the right team. That is something heavily on my mind right now as I am about to launch a new company. In “Good to Great”, the book clearly found empirical evidence showing that the team is more important than the vision or idea. The reasoning is [...]
Seth Godin Explains the Difference Between Content & Process
Posted in business, tagged business, entrepreneur, Seth Godin, Skills on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meet Seth Godin, one of my favorite marketing authors and bloggers. In a recent blog post, Seth explained the difference between process and content. He challenged people to know what they are good at realtive to process skills and content knowledge when looking for a new gig. He explained that your process skills (emotional intelligence skills [...]
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